Elections

2014

Elections for the office of Georgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014 with a runoff election taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Incumbent K. Dean Burke was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[1][2][3]

2013

Burke won election in a special election for Georgia State Senate District 11. The seat was vacant following John Bulloch's (R) resignation on December 6, 2012. While he did not initially provide a reason, Bulloch had been hospitalized with meningitis the previous October. Bulloch was re-elected on November 6, 2012 unopposed. Burke faced Marshall Berman (R), Brad Hughes (R), Mike Keown (R), Eugene McNease (R) and Jeffrey G. Bivins (L) in the special election on January 8, 2013.[4][5][6]As no candidate won more than 51 percent in the election, the top two vote-getters, Burke and Keown, headed to a runoff on February 5, which Burke won.[7][8][9][10]